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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “endownment”
Where the money went
Largest: $950,000 to CROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS & SCIENCES — $100,000 financial aid endownment$50,000 annual fund$800,000 worlds unimagined campaign
Largest: $10,000 to MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ENDOWNMENT PROGRAM — support for higher education, research and outreach
Largest: $10,000 to KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWNMENT ASSOCI — dr richard c & ruth shaw school
Largest: $28,600 to CONNECTICUT COLLEGE-Hillel — endownment 25000head position 100000 general use 200000
Largest: $20,000 to PEF ISRAEL ENDOWNMENT FUNDS INC — unrestricted grants
Largest: $5,000 to UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT FOUNDATION — scholarship endownment
Jessica June Children'S CancerFt Lauderdale, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $225,000 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BROWARD — support endownment
Largest: $100,000 to PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE — scholarship endownment
Largest: $60,000 to DECORATIVE ARTS CENTER OF OHIO — capital endownment
Largest: $6.2M to VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWNMENT PROGRAM — magnolia family fund
Junior League of CincinnatiCincinnati, OHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $116,918 · through 2023Largest: $63,671 to Junior League of Cincinnati Endowment Trust — to provide the endownment with additional funding to provide long term support to the league
Largest: $10,000 to BRADLEY UNIVERSITY — john harvey international endownment fund
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →